Trds Rally Car

[TRD ke70]

And he has a few more tricks up his sleeve, he's hoping to get the magic 300rwhp, which really shouldn't be a problem.:hmm:

Then he's talking anit-lag :yes: and larger turbo.:yes: She'll look the part and go like the real thing.:fuzz:

Edited December 28, 2011 by TRD ke70

[anastasios]

Car looks great, where do you source your TRD gear from?

 

I'm looking to build my AE71 very similarly

[TRD ke70]

Sorry mate, but Toyota have stopped making parts for AE86's and KE70's.

Most of our stuff was brought before they stopped making it.

If you are lucky you may find some old stock.

It's that bad that we are know looking at repairing our old TRD rally shocks ourselves.

We turned the end off one the other weekend and stripped it down, interesting to see that there isn't much inside of there.

But the valve body is where it all happens.

The shock we stripped had blown the oil and gas out due to damage on the shaft, we have found someone to repair the shaft and have hopefully found a new seal.

We'll do the rest ourselves, including oil and regasing it.

[shayden]

awesome car man all the best!!

 

shayden

[TRD ke70]

Fiber glass bonnet almost ready to be painted, next to do a boot.

 

[TRD ke70]

Bonnet almost finished, just need to paint the under side and it can go on the car.

Started on making the mould for the boot as well.

Hopefully the engine block will be back from getting tanked and surfaced tomorrow and we can start on stitching that back together.

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2012 by TRD ke70

[snot35]

How much weight are you saving with the bonnet? Are TRD shocks hard to strip down?

[TRD ke70]

Not sure on how much weight yet, i'll have to get the scales out and check it, would be thinking around 10kg's.

The TRD shocks are a sealed unit, we had to put it in the lathe and turn the bottom off it to get access to everything inside.

Should be fun putting it back together, but i have worked out how TRD done it, so hopefully shouldn't be a problem.

I'll try and get some photos up of it pulled apart.

[TRD ke70]

Here's the TRD rally shock in bits.

 

[snot35]

I wondered how rebuildable they were. Twin tube also, interesting!

[ausca62]

 

Anyhow, Tony is still turning up the housings for the spherical bushes while I finished mounting the pedal box and screwing all the cylinders into place. Yip, that took me all day!!! :lolcry:

 

 

 

Hi mate, firstly I have to say, LOVE YOUR WORK. It is one flash bit of gear. I was just wondering if you had any photo's of the brake pedal box before you fitted it. I am very interested in doing simmilar on my KE20. Thanks. Paul.

Edited January 29, 2012 by ausca62

[TRD ke70]

Thanks Paul

I do believe i only have these photos.

The biggest thing is the pedal ratio, i think we had to move our pivot point up to get a 5 -1 ratio, pedals like it's boosted.

 

 

[ausca62]

Thanks Paul

I do believe i only have these photos.

The biggest thing is the pedal ratio, i think we had to move our pivot point up to get a 5 -1 ratio, pedals like it's boosted.

 

 

 

Thanks heeps for that, 5-1 sounds good. You have saved me heeps of time, trial and error with that. Are they clutch masters you have used? Thank's again. Paul.

[TRD ke70]

They are 5/8 cylinders from memory,

The only thing we brought was the shaft that carries the spherical brg and ends.

Tilton do the shaft and also a remote adjuster as well.

You can it in this pic, RH corner, the red knob!!

[ausca62]

They are 5/8 cylinders from memory,

The only thing we brought was the shaft that carries the spherical brg and ends.

Tilton do the shaft and also a remote adjuster as well.

You can it in this pic, RH corner, the red knob!!

 

 

Thank's again mate, you'r a champion. Paul.